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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe will of these "British" citizens is to stay.
Why not let them vote on that?
THE UKS DECISION to leave the EU means Sinn Féin will press for a border vote in the North.
Both Northern Ireland and Scotland voted to remain in the EU, but the leave campaign was able to convince Wales and England to leave the union.
We have a situation where the north is going to be dragged out on the tails of a vote in England
Sinn Fein will now press our demand, our long-standing demand, for a border poll, Sinn Feins national chairman Declan Kearney said after the UK as a whole had vote to leave the EU.
Northern Ireland could now be faced with the prospect of customs barriers for trade with the Republic.
Under the Good Friday Agreement, the Northern Ireland Secretary can initiate a poll in circumstances where it was clear public opinion had swung towards Irish unity.
http://www.thejournal.ie/sinn-fein-brexit-irish-unity-2842816-Jun2016/?utm_source=facebook_short
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)If Northern Ireland wants to stay in the EU, as part of the Republic of Ireland or as an independent country, let them do so if they want.
msongs
(67,462 posts)RB TexLa
(17,003 posts)a democratic display of Irish Unity can lead to a Unification vote.
joshcryer
(62,277 posts)But we can call out the racist voters if we want.